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29 May 2022

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Living Simply
  • 10 Ways to Identify Clutter in Your Home
  • 75 Simple Ways to Simplify
  • A Simple Life
  • Clear Clutter for a Clear Mind
  • Edit Your Wardrobe
  • How to Simplify 101
  • My Path to Simplicity
  • My Quest to Declutter
  • Simplify Simplify Simplify
  • Slow Down to Savor Life
  • Upsizing After All These Years

Life & Living
  • 75 Life Lessons Learned
  • Choosing to be Happy
  • Easy Resolutions for Every Day
  • Learning to Fly Solo
  • Making Lemonade
  • My Lonely Nest
  • On the Road Together
  • Savoring Everyday Moments
  • Sticking to New Year’s Resolutions
  • The Simplicity of Tea
  • The Year in Art – 2012

Home & Garden
  • A Hint of Purple
  • Black Magic
  • Decorating the Empty Nest
  • Growing Wheatgrass
  • Living with Winter White
  • Singing the Blues
  • The Relaxed Romance of Rosecliff
  • Your Beautiful Closet

House Tours
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Cottage Charm at the Beach
  • Cozy Little Guest House
  • Downsizing for $4.3 Million
  • Everyone Loves a Parade
  • From Little to Luxurious Loft
  • Going Green
  • Living Like a Star
  • Lovely Down Under
  • Maine Island Home
  • Old Garage Upcycled
  • Sarah’s Country Home
  • Sisse’s Fab Farmhouse
  • Stunning West Seattle Redo
  • Tiny Gardener’s Cottage
Entertaining & Holidays
  • 50 Ways to Decorate Pumpkins
  • Awesome Autumn Entries
  • Breezy Sea Colors for Your Summer Table
  • Christmas Cookie Collection
  • Decorating for Christmas
  • Delightful Desserts for Two
  • Easter Dinner
  • Everything’s Coming Up Pumpkin
  • Get Lucky on New Year’s Eve
  • Gracious Hospitality
  • Host a Super Super Bowl Party
  • O, Christmas Tree
  • Sparkling Party Punch
  • Sweet Patriotic Treats
  • Throwing a Patriotic Party
  • Your Beautiful Easter Table

In the Kitchen
  • 12 Super Simple Healthy Snacks
  • 15 Rainy (or Any) Day Soups
  • Simplify Your Eating Habits
  • The Delicious Darling Buds of May
  • The Skinny on Our Recipes
  • When It’s Just Two

Recipes
  • Best Guacamole Ever
  • Cashew-Rice Pilaf
  • Cheesy Broccoli Dip
  • Cheesy Chicken ‘n Tater Tot Crock-Pot Bake
  • Chicken Parmezip
  • Chunky Rigatoni Chili
  • Corn and Fritos Salad
  • Cranberry Pineapple Pecan Mousse
  • Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake
  • Crock-Pot Sour Cream and Bacon Chicken
  • Crock-Pot Spaghetti Casserole
  • Easy Cheesy Chicken Rotini
  • Easy French Onion Soup for 2
  • Grilled Mexican Corn for 2
  • Hoedown Beef Barbecue
  • Creamy Kahlúa Hot Chocolate
  • Light and Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes
  • Mexican Street Corn Salad
  • Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
  • Sausagekraut
  • Sparkling Party Punch
  • Spiced Pumpkin Cake Roll
  • Stuffed Cabbage with Sauerkraut
  • Sunny Sprouts
  • Sweet ‘n Tangy Crock-Pot Pork
  • Tart Shell Antipasto
  • Tunaroni Salad
  • Vermont Maple Pumpkin Pie
Movies
  • Noah: An Unholy Mess
  • Philomena: A Study in Forgiveness
  • Wild: From Lost to Found

Travel
  • Just Buy the Ticket
  • Maison Rika: Trendy Guesthouse
  • On the Road to Somewhere
  • Rustic Rental Near Nashville
  • Traveling with Ease

Our Trips
  • A Weekend in Walnut Creek
  • An Afternoon in Yellowstone
  • An Awakening
  • Cody to Yellowstone
  • On the Road in Wyoming
  • When in Dover, Don’t Miss This
  • Wild, Wondrous Wyoming
  • Yellowstone or Bust
Patricia and TomHi there! Tom and I are two empty nesters who decided to downsize and simplify our lives—lose the clutter and drama, travel a little, laugh a lot, sit back, and enjoy the simple pleasures life has to offer. Read more

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From Our Kitchen

Grilled Mexican Corn
Stuffed Cabbage with Sauerkraut
Easy French Onion Soup
Tunaroni Salad
Cheesy Chicken 'n Tater Tot Crock-Pot Bake
Sparkling Strawberry Punch

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House Tours

  • Cottage Charm at the Beach
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Cozy Little Guest House
  • Tiny Gardener's Cottage
  • From Little to Luxurious Loft
  • Sarah's Country Home
  • Everyone Loves a Parade
  • Maine Island Home
  • Sisse's Fab Farmhouse
  • Stunning West Seattle Redo
  • Old Garage Upcycled
  • Lovely Down Under
  • Living Like a Star
  • Going Green
  • Downsizing for $4.3 Million

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Daisy in field

Simplify Simplify Simplify

For some time now I’ve been walking around with three words at the top of my To Do List—simplify simplify simplify. I know it’s just one ... continue reading ...

Trips and travels

Our Trips & Travels

Pallet of soft green, offset by deep red earth.

Yellowstone or Bust

When you’re hot on the trail to Yellowstone National Park, you don’t go home just because they won’t let you in.

Pallet of soft green, offset by deep red earth.
Hand-carved, Great Northern steam engine by Ernest Warther.
THE HORSES OF WYOMING by Tom Schmidt, watercolor, 2012.
Oaxaca buildings

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Patio with a view. #ourhouse #ourpond #ourview #su
Patio with a view. #ourhouse #ourpond #ourview #summertime

My lunch today was a quick-and-easy combo of icebe
My lunch today was a quick-and-easy combo of iceberg lettuce, eggs, ham, turkey, shredded lettuce, and walnuts. So simple and simply delicious. #lunch #whatsforlunch #eatinghealthy

A fat bouquet from my husband. Just because. #love
A fat bouquet from my husband. Just because. #love #howdoilovethee

Once upon a time, I did embroidery. #needlework #w
Once upon a time, I did embroidery. #needlework #wallart

Room with a view.
Room with a view.

Mid-morning snack. #bananas #blueberries #cherryto
Mid-morning snack. #bananas #blueberries #cherrytomatoes

The Enloe bookcase I ordered last November finally
The Enloe bookcase I ordered last November finally came, and I've loaded it with some of my favorite books, photos, and other items--all with special meaning and memories. Holders for my collection of Victoria magazines, which are too beautiful to toss, are on order. No more books for me. This bookcase is full. #books #bookcase #bookworm

Still blooming after ten years. #flowerpower #flow
Still blooming after ten years. #flowerpower #flowers #indoorplants

Our room with a view. #fountain #backyard #pond
Our room with a view. #fountain #backyard #pond


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